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Johanna Lindsey is one of the world's most successful romance authors. She has written over 30 books, of which 54 million copies are in print and have been translated into 12 languages. Lindsey was born with the name Johanna Helen Howard on March 10, 1952. As a young wife and mother, Lindsey became a great fan of romance novels and wrote her first book, Captive Bride in 1977, on a whim when she was 25. To the young author's great surprise, it made The New York Times Bestsellers list. Lindsey had found a romance formula that worked. Take any setting past or present, introduce a rascally rakish male and a romantic heroine, let their hearts ignite with passion, lust, and love. Lindsey has… something of a cult following, following such titles as "Heart of Thunder", "Hearts Aflame", "A Heart So Wild", and ''Keeper of the Heart". She has loyal fans reading "Glorious Angel" and "Gentle Rogue" and legions of devotees buying her Malory family series. In 2014 her title, Stormy Persuasion, made The New York Times Best Seller List Because her father was in the U.S. Army, Lindsey traveled to many places as a child. She was born in Germany and grew up in Fort Knox, Kentucky. The family settled in Hawaii and Lindsey was married right after high school.Bella DePaulo, PhD, is a psychologist and the author of Singled Out: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After. Her research and writing have been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and many other outlets, and she blogs at Psychology Today, Psych Central, and Huffington Post. DePaulo is currently a visiting professor of psychology at UC Santa Barbara in California.

Singled Out

Singlism: The 21st Century Problem That Has No Name

Science and the Single Person

Myth #1 The Wonder of Couples

Marrieds know best

Myth #2 Single-Minded

You are interested in just one thing ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ getting coupled

Myth #3 The Dark Aura of Singlehood

You are miserable and lonely and your life is tragic

Myth #4 It Is All About You

Like a child, you are self-centered and immature and your time isnï¿½ï¿½ï¿½t worth anything since you have nothing to do but play

Myth #5 Attention Single Women

Your work wonï¿½ï¿½ï¿½t love you back and your eggs will dry up. Also, you donï¿½ï¿½ï¿½t get any and youï¿½ï¿½ï¿½re promiscuous

Myth #6 Attention Single Men

You are horny, slovenly, and irresponsible, and you are the scary criminals. Or, you are sexy, fastidious, frivolous, and gay

Myth #7 Attention Single Parents

Your kids are doomed

Myth #8 Too Bad Youï¿½ï¿½ï¿½re Incomplete

You donï¿½ï¿½ï¿½t have anyone and you donï¿½ï¿½ï¿½t have a life

Myth #9 Poor Soul

You will grow old alone and you will die in a room by yourself where no one will find you for weeks

Myth #10 Family Values

Letï¿½ï¿½ï¿½s give all of the perks, benefits, gifts, and cash to couples and call it family values

It is Perfectly Understandable That You Thought Singles Were Miserable and Lonely: Hereï¿½ï¿½ï¿½s Why

To Be or Not to Be Single: Why Does Anyone Care?

The Way We Could Be

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